Reviews The Chop Shop Food Merchants

Our favourite breakfast throughout our trip and this was our last day in New Zealand. This place deserves more than five stars. Service was great, you were greeted the moment you came in, allocated a seat. Easy as. We were lucky to have gotten a seat as people poured in a couple minutes after. They do not take reservations, its first in best dressed. Coffee was great, really smooth. The food, was delicious multiplied by 10. We ordered a corn fritter and a potato and jalapeños mash. Boy were we blown away. The corn fritters came in little fritter balls with a poached egg. The dish was drizzled with syrup. The fritters were crunchy and savory on the outside but soft, fluffy and sweet (from the corn) on the inside. It went soo well with the syrup. The potato and jalapeños mash was like a party in your mouth. You had the mash, avocados, sunny-side up eggs, bacon, sour cream and salsa. It sounds like a lot but trust me, it was fantastic. Everything worked. Their bacon rashers were yum and not overcooked. We loved every single thing about the cafè and will most definitely be back for more when we’re back in Arrowtown. Parking’s a street away and you can either park in the 2h free parking or all-day free parking.

Heard from locals and we came here early to grab the breakfast in case of waiting too long. The fact turned out we made a good choice! The staffs are nice and served fast. Be seated in the balcony, there's always a great view and beautiful sunshine in front of you! Recommended the spicy fried rice and momo dumplings. Fried rice is some kind of southeastern flour, fresh and a bit spicy with the chili! It's a pity that the dish wasn't enough to share because we ate all of them soon!Dumplings' sauce is amazing and pretty matchwith the salad vegetable. Luckily we got the special deal, whitebait! We heard that there's seasonal menu at different times so hope to explore sth New next time!

Great service, excellent coffee, eclectic decor, and compelling menu with intriguing combination of fusion flavours. We thoroughly enjoyed our bulgogi pork sliders and would have ordered other items to try if we had more people with us. As it is fairly popular, expect to wait a little bit for a table (we didn’t mind at all).

A cosy cafe with great food. The corn fritters were delightful. There aren’t a lot of tables and no reservations so you may have to wait for a table. Worth it. Friendly staff.

We dropped in for a coffee but loved the atmosphere and ended up staying for lunch. They were very bus and even though they didn't manage the wait time for a table very well, it was worth the wait. Great coffe while waiting and plenty of time to check out the menu. The kitchen is wide open and you can watch how hard the chefs are working. Our waiter was french and very friendly. When food came we were hungry but certainly not disappointed. The beef cheek curry was extremely tasty with the beef check crispy on the outside and like butter on the inside. Highly recommended.